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[Publication] Between reconciliation, resignation and revenge: (Re-)integration of refugees, internally displaced people and ex-combatants ...

• Sierra Leone is known for the successful reintegration of a high number of returning refugees  and internally displaced people (IDPs), many of whom had stayed in protracted displacement   situations during the eleven years of a most cruel internal war. The war was intertwined with  the civil war in Liberia and ended with a peace agreement in 2002. The extremely high number  of returnees in relation to the total population caused particular hardship for the ‘...

[Project] Resource conflict monitor

• On 12 March 2008, BICC presented a new English language data base service, the Resource Conflict Monitor (RCM). With the support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, BICC experts have been able to develop a data base on 90 resource-rich countries, which over the past eleven years gives an insight into the effects of resource governance on the relationship between natural resources and violent conflict.

[Publication] Konzeptpapier Integrierte Missionen Für ein effizientes Friedensengagement Das Konzept der Integrierten Missionen

• This study presents the concept of UN integrated peace missions and, by looking at three examples, analyzes its practical implementation. The missions under review (mission in Haiti—MINUSTAH; in Sudan—UNMIS, and in Liberia—UNMIL) show that the concept is applied differently with varying degrees of intensity but also with varying success. With concrete examples, the study shows where more cooperation within the United Nations would be desirable and where too strong a focus on structu...

[Project] Small Arms Control in Africa

• This project continues the work undertaken in previous projects:  Capacity development and advice on SALW control in Africa (August 2018 - March 2021)  Physical security and stockpile management (PSSM), capacity development and technical advice in West Africa (January 2016 - July 2018) Physical security and stockpile management (PSSM), capacity development and technical advice in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa (January 2016 - July 2018)  Our work is based on a multi-level approa...

[Project] Small Arms Control in Africa

• This project continues the work undertaken in previous projects:  Capacity development and advice on SALW control in Africa (August 2018 - March 2021)  Physical security and stockpile management (PSSM), capacity development and technical advice in West Africa (January 2016 - July 2018) Physical security and stockpile management (PSSM), capacity development and technical advice in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa (January 2016 - July 2018)  Our work is based on a multi-level approa...

[PDF Document] kleinwaffenbroschuere.pdf   (116.49 KB)

[Project] Conversion in NRW

• The closure of Belgian, British and US military bases and base closures in the context of the transformation process within the Bundeswehr continue to pose tremendous challenges for local authorities and governments of federal states in Germany. How does the civilian use of former military real estate fit into overall planning and structural concepts? Together with NRW.URBAN, BICC is supporting the government of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) in finding answers to this question. One important elem...

[Publication] Global Militarisation Index 2015

• Compiled by bicc, the Global Militarisation Index (GMI) presents on an annual basis the relative weight and importance of a country's military apparatus in relation to its society as a whole. The 2015 GMI covers 152 states and is based on the latest available figures (in most cases data for 2014). The index project is financially supported by Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). There are numerous sources of conflict around the world that are driving militar...

[Staff] Fiona Wilshusen

• Researcher
• Already during my studies, my research interest was in the field of security, militarisation and development. In my Master's thesis, I focused on the relationship between society and armed actors and the gender implications of this relationship – and thus examined the media framing of (fighting) women in conflicts using the example of the depiction of Kurdish female fighters in British media. Internships with the German Armed Forces and the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in...
• Publication: When the 'War Attitude' persists: How Pro-Government Militias affect Society in the Long Run, Resorting to so-called pro-government militias (PGMs) in the face of severely challenged state forces is a timeless phenomenon in government politics across the globe. However, providing military training and distributing weapons to civilians can represent a security risk—in the short and the long term. Sierra Leone and Liberia share a history of protracted civil wars with the involvement o...

[PDF Document] bicc_jahresbericht_2007_2008_N.pdf   (3.04 MB)